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The Last Kingdom
England is born
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
  • First aired on 10/10/2015 (TV Show)
  • Action & Adventure / Drama / War & Politics
  • 6 Seasons
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Alexander Dreymon

Character's name: "Uhtred of Bebbanburg"
Birthday: 02/07/1983
Birthplace: Germany
Biography:
Alexander Dreymon is a German-born actor, best known for portraying Uhtred of Bebbanburg in BBC Two’s The Last Kingdom.

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Emily Cox

Character's name: "Brida"
Birthday: 02/23/1985
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Biography:
Cox was born to a British father and an Irish mother in Vienna. Her parents later divorced. Both of them are pianists, who originally came to Vienna on a grant for musicians. Cox grew up in Vienna and graduated from high school in 2003. She developed an interest in acting after performing in a play as part of her English classes during her final year in high school. After her graduation she went on to study acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. In 2008 she was under contract as a stage actor at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. In 2011 Cox moved to Berlin and since then she has appeared in various movies and series on German and Austrian TV, among them several Tatort movies. Since 2015 she plays the role of the viking woman Brida in the TV series The Last Kingdom, which made her known to international audiences.

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Eliza Butterworth

Character's name: "Aelswith"
Birthday: 07/24/1993
Birthplace: Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

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Mark Rowley

Character's name: "Finan"
Birthday: 01/29/1990
Birthplace: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Biography:
Mark Rowley is a Scottish actor, known mainly for his role as the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred’s sidekick in battle, in The Last Kingdom from 2017 to 2020 and in the 2020 miniseries The North Water .

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Ruby Hartley

Character's name: "Stiorra"
Birthday: 11/09/1998

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Cavan Clerkin

Character's name: "Father Pyrlig"
Birthday: 11/28/1973
Birthplace: Hackney, London, England, UK
Biography:
Cavan Clerkin is a British actor and filmmaker from Hackney, London.

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Arnas Fedaravičius

Character's name: "Sihtric"
Birthday: 06/21/1991
Birthplace: Vilnius, Lituania

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Harry Gilby

Character's name: "Aethelstan"
Birthday: 08/21/2001
Birthplace: Nottingham, England, UK
Biography:
Harry Gilby has been training at the Television Workshop in Nottingham since he was 12. He played Nathan in original cast of The Full Monty at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End. Harry Gilby made his acting debut in 2016, when he played a Village Lad in an episode of Jericho. In 2017 he played Charlie Lyndsay in the film Just Charlie, a transgender girl with a special talent for playing football. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 for his role in the film Just Charlie. In 2018, he played Arlo in the short film Evie. In 2019, he made his feature film debut playing a young version of author J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien. He has also appeared in three episodes of Casualty as Toby Williams, a young boy dying of leukemia. He played Aethelstan in the final season of The Last Kingdom in 2022 and it's subsequent film Seven Kings Must Die in 2023.

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Timothy Innes

Character's name: "Edward"
Birthday: 12/22/2024

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Stefanie Martini

Character's name: "Eadith"
Birthday: 10/06/1990
Birthplace: Bristol, England, UK

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Phia Saban

Character's name: "Aelfwynn"
Birthday: 09/19/1998
Birthplace: Hackney, London, England, UK

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Adrian Schiller

Character's name: "Aethelhelm"
Birthday: 02/21/1964
Date of Death: 04/03/2024
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Biography:
Adrian Schiller (February 21, 1964 - April 3, 2024) was a British actor was best known for The Last Kingdom, Victoria and Doctor Who.


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Helen Ostler
Producer

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Martha Hillier
Executive Producer

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Nigel Marchant
Executive Producer

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Gareth Neame
Executive Producer

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